Dr. Szilvia Fóti - MATE Research
Overview
Dr. Szilvia Fóti is an ecophysiologist with research expertise in analysing spatiotemporal patterns of ecosystem functions of grass- and croplands. She has measured greenhouse gas (CO2, N2O) fluxes for years and focused her work on the long-term stability of ecosystem functioning. She participated in laboratory experiments complementing field studies in terms of applying well-known stress factors (drought, heat, nutrient deficiency) and measuring the ecophysiological consequences of the resulting symptoms. Recently, she has broadened her interests in horticultural plants: manipulating plants by specifically composed LED lighting may improve the quantity and quality of the horticultural product. The reasons behind this are the effects of different wavelength ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum on plant growth and development.
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Publications
Ecosystem functional stability
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jvs.13190
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71292-4
http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10021-017-0138-8
Spatial and temporal aspects of greenhouse gas fluxes of grass- and croplands
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?type=printable&id=10.1371/journal.pone.0223247
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0341816216301205
Projects
Project no. 1.: TÉT – Partitioning of rhizospheric, heterotrophic, and mycorrhizal soil CO2 flux components in forest ecosystems (2023-2024)
Soils function either as carbon sink or source and can thus significantly affect the concentration of atmospheric CO2. The main objective of the project is to contribute to refining the parametrization and testing the soil C component of biogeochemical models by partitioning the soil CO2 efflux in a forest ecosystem.
Project no. 2.: ESA - Spatiotemporal patterns in vegetation functioning (2019-2021)
The project aimed to study the spatiotemporal patterns of different ecosystem functions and integrate field and Earth observations for a more advanced understanding. Ecosystem responses under fluctuating environmental conditions and during stress show high temporal and spatial variability. Assessment of the responses rests on different technical approaches depending on the ecosystem function in question and its relevant spatial scale and also depends on recent advances in remote and proximal sensing. In this respect, the measurement of sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence is a relatively new way of capturing the photosynthetic capacity, as well as the healthy or stressed state of the canopy.
Project no. 3.: Bolyai János Research Fellowship - Spatial aspects of greenhouse gas exchange of agricultural fields (2014-2017)
The project aimed to use spatially intensive chamber-based greenhouse gas flux measurements for a best unbiased estimate of soil CO2 efflux of a given area. Such estimates are considered key to improve model estimates based on other techniques (e.g., eddy covariance), and to plan mitigation possibilities in areas under agricultural land use.
